Talon: Here's why...

You can't possibly go see 5 big block buster movies in a single weekend. They should know better than to release all their big ticket selling movies on the same damned two-week period. Spread that shiat out.

If I were going to go to the movies this weekend I'd be picking just ONE of those five movies to see. I would have probably been willing to go see all 3 of the adult movies (so not tintin or chipmunks) were they spread out a bit and some of them came out a month ago... back when I WANTED to go to the movies, but NOTHING worth seeing was out.

Of the adult movies, all three are worth seeing, The Sherlock Holmes sequel is the weakest by a fair measure but still not bad. You're right that there was a huge dry period this year. I go to the movies a lot but hadn't bothered since Moneyball.

GAT_00: Mission Tom Cruise is better than Holmes? I call bullshiat.

At least M:I is supposed to have shiat constantly exploding and goofy action scenes.

GAT_00: Nefarious: The Sherlock Holmes sequel is the weakest by a fair measure but still not bad.

Mission Tom Cruise is better than Holmes? I call bullshiat.

Holmes was awful, and i loved the first one. Loved it. Messy plot, no intrigue, working too hard to fit in as many slow-mo fights.... just weak and it never delivered a mystery or a solution.

Talon: Here's why...

You can't possibly go see 5 big block buster movies in a single weekend. They should know better than to release all their big ticket selling movies on the same damned two-week period. Spread that shiat out.

If I were going to go to the movies this weekend I'd be picking just ONE of those five movies to see. I would have probably been willing to go see all 3 of the adult movies (so not tintin or chipmunks) were they spread out a bit and some of them came out a month ago... back when I WANTED to go to the movies, but NOTHING worth seeing was out.

over in 1

so I am going to see a family movie, my first choice is to see the movie with graphic rape scenes?
derp derp derp

I'm glad Girl With the Dragon tattoo is getting the cold shoulder. There was nothing wrong with the three truly great films that were made in Sweden. They were brilliantly written, acted, and shot. After seeing all three of them, I don't think I'd have changed anything in any of them.

But nooOoOOooOoo. They have subtitles which means the fat retarded Americans can't watch it because they can't effing read. So now Hollywood has to come rushing in to re-do the whole goddamn thing so they can record it in English and populate it with familiar faces. It makes me sick and makes me ashamed of my retarded country.

They even re-did 13 Tzameti with Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke fer Chrissakes! The original was suspenseful and amazing - maybe the best film of 2005. And they do a remake with Jason Statham? Niger, please! What's next? A remake of Nuri Ceylan's "Distant" starring Vin Diesel???

I am boycotting all these films. I'm encouraging others to watch the originals and forsake the re-makes. And those of you who may whinge about my "elitism" should think of this: what if the entire catalog of Rammstein was re-recorded in English by the Black Eyed Peas? Hmmmm?

/some things should be left alone, godammit.

CitizenTed: I'm glad Girl With the Dragon tattoo is getting the cold shoulder. There was nothing wrong with the three truly great films that were made in Sweden. They were brilliantly written, acted, and shot. After seeing all three of them, I don't think I'd have changed anything in any of them.

did you see the new remake?
or are you jsut prejudiced?

I LOVED the original films.
But I am planning to see the new film.
People who have seen both have raved about both films.

so go ahead and be a bigot.
you will feel much better that way.

If they had done a hack job and made a really crappy film, then maybe you would have a leg to stand on.
Instead you are just a raving lunatic.

CitizenTed: I am boycotting all these films. I'm encouraging others to watch the originals and forsake the re-makes. And those of you who may whinge about my "elitism" should think of this: what if the entire catalog of Rammstein was re-recorded in English by the Black Eyed Peas? Hmmmm?

so you have never listened to and enjoyed a cover of a song?
What about a live version of a song? those are clearly remakes and nowhere near as good as the original studio version.

What about songs written by people not actually in the band which records the song?
That is clearly crap!!!

What about elton john's remake of candle in the wind?

oh never mind
you are just some crazed elitist.

I forgot TinTin was even out. I'm going to try to see it this week.

Anyone going to see that alien invasion movie about electrical aliens or some such?

CitizenTed: what if the entire catalog of Rammstein was re-recorded in English by the Black Eyed Peas? Hmmmm?

I would pay $100 to see them perform Zwitter live.

I love Tintin, can anyone tell me if its worth going to see? I don't go to a lot of movies, but I would go see that movie even if its all digitally made. I grew up watching Tintin. I hope they kept the awesome theme music for it.

does anyone actually enjoy the Mission: Impossible movies? They're pretty cookie-cutter action flicks and the characters do nothing but whisper the entire time. No matter how many of them he stars in, I still don't buy Tom Cruise as an action star.

namatad: What about elton john's remake of candle in the wind?

Is that the song he keeps singing for dead blonds?

namatad: I LOVED the original films.
But I am planning to see the new film.
People who have seen both have raved about both films.


C'mon, man. The original was released just two years ago. It stands on its own. It doesn't need re-interpretation, does it? Really? The ONLY reason it's being re-done is because the original film was brilliant, the Industry adored it and it was in Swedish. WE MUST FIX THIS! DERP!

I guess I'm alone in thinking that there are too many unnecessary sequels, re-makes and "re-imaginings" in Hollywood and not enough original screenplays. As in WAY TOO MANY. And we continue to suck them up like they were manna from heaven. They're not. They're crap.

Sherlock Holmes 2? Mission Impossible 4? Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Ver2 English Please? Am I really alone in being disinterested of this crap?

Mad_Radhu: No matter how I feel about Cruise and his goofy religion, that's enough to get me into theaters.

I don't care how crazy Cruise is, he brings it in every movie he's in, even the shiatty ones. And he gets a free pass for Collateral.

By most accounts I've read, the Fincher version is superior to the Swedish originals.

I'll go with the quality.

demonfaerie: I love Tintin, can anyone tell me if its worth going to see? I don't go to a lot of movies, but I would go see that movie even if its all digitally made. I grew up watching Tintin. I hope they kept the awesome theme music for it.

Yeah, if you love Tintin, I'd say it's worth seeing. Unfortunately, my neighborhood theater was showing it only in 3D--three of the six members of our little family group would rather have seen it in 2D, but that would have meant a 20-mile drive across town. About the only thing the 3D enhanced to an extent worth mentioning was the ticket price, IMO.

But I've been a Tintin fan since finding a bunch of the books in my elementary school library many years ago when I was learning to read, and my oldest daughter is a hardcore second-generation fan.

I'd recommend the animated TV series, though. I think they pretty well nailed it.

Hugo is incredible, that is all

There's a lot of hate for American audiences and American film in this thread. If we suck so much, why is film our biggest export? Go watch Bollywood movies for a while then come back to me.